Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 Last update: 9:25 p.m.
Hampden Academy boys 70 vs. Portland 50
Houlton girls 59 vs. Maranacook 51
Washburn girls 60 vs. Rangeley 54 (Story)
Lawrence girls 50 vs. Thornton Academy 43 (Story)
Forest Hills boys 51 vs. Fort Fairfield 45 (Story)
Houlton girls 59 vs. Maranacook 51
Washburn girls 60 vs. Rangeley 54 (Story)
Lawrence girls 50 vs. Thornton Academy 43 (Story)
Forest Hills boys 51 vs. Fort Fairfield 45 (Story)
Decreased funding for research and development squeezes Maine universities
University spending on research and development rose by less than half a percent nationally in fiscal year 2013, according to data released earlier this month …
Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Races underway in Fort Kent
10 mins agoNew Hampshire musher Peter Franke was the first Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Race finisher this weekend, crossing the finish line late …
AG Mills orders wind power opposition group to replace leaders or disband
PORTLAND | The statewide wind power opposition group Friends of Maine Mountains will have to shut down if it can’t restructure its five-member board …
Skowhegan man’s fiery death ruled suicide, police say
26 mins agoFAIRFIELD | A 61-year-old Skowhegan man doused himself with gasoline and set himself on …
REGION:
Windham man allegedly sold cyanide to British man for $250 per gram
A Windham man faces life in prison if convicted of selling potassium …
2 hours ago
Irving leads Lawrence past Thornton Academy for first Class A girls basketball state title since 1994
Bangor High School wins Maine Science Bowl
1 hour agoGORHAM — Future scientists went head-to-head Saturday at the 15th Annual Maine science bowl and …
Firefighters at scene of blaze on Canaan Road in Clinton
Firefighters from four towns responded at 3:43 p.m. Saturday to a fire …
ROOTED IN ME (blog)
A native Californian learns about Maine winter the hard way
Over the last two years I’ve learned I’m “from away.” I was born in the …
Opinion
EDITORIALS
Want to cut jail spending? Stop putting so many low-risk people in jail
Although Maine’s crime rate has dropped, the number of people held in county jails has doubled in the last two decades. Maine, like other states, …
Sports
Worcester scores record 37 points to lead Washburn past Rangeley for ‘D’ title
BANGOR | Washburn High School senior guard Mackenzie Worcester didn’t expect to reach the 2,000-point plateau for her career because she thought she entered …
Health
CATCHING HEALTH (blog)
A Hard-Learned Lesson about Shingles
It was the beginning of a Labor Day weekend when Al felt a strange sensation on his right buttock, just underneath his back pocket where …
Business
AG Mills orders wind power opposition group to replace leaders or disband
PORTLAND | The statewide wind power opposition group Friends of Maine Mountains will have to shut down if it can’t restructure its five-member board …
Outdoors
VIDEO
GoPro captures musher’s perspective during sled dog run in Fort Kent
The 2015 Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races is happening in northern Maine this weekend. Mushers from around the United States …
Food
MAINE COURSE (blog)
Find a Piece of Maine at b.good in Boston
Slipping and sliding, my kids and I walked in the bitter cold last Thursday from our Boston hotel to b.good, a burger joint with a …
Events
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
Lady Antebellum to return to Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes
Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …
- CULTURE SHOCK (blog): 5 Things To Do This Weekend, Feb. 27-March 1: Goodbye, February, you miserable so-n-so
- BACKSTAGE (blog): Penobscot Theatre Company presents “End Days”: a Maine Premiere
- GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS (blog): Join us March 6,7 for Bob Duschesne’s Birding Adventure with Maine Huts and Trails
